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HANSARDHis Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of EdinburghMy Lords, I am pleased to follow my noble friend Lord Cormack in paying tribute to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh. My noble friend and I share the same interests and, I…12 Apr 2021HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI declare my interest in the register of interests from working with The Investing and Savings Alliance. I pay tribute to my noble friend Lord Young for his assiduousness on this…25 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillMy Lords, I do not propose to detain your Lordships long. This is a very simple Bill that has been entrusted to me, which runs to the full extent of two clauses. Before I move to…19 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.19 Mar 2021HANSARDBritish Library Board (Power to Borrow) BillMy Lords, I am often asked how I am enjoying being a new Member of your Lordships’ House, and when I consider the quality of this afternoon’s debate, which included two former…19 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget StatementMy Lords, I draw attention to my entry in the registry of Members’ interests. I congratulate noble Lords on their maiden speeches, particularly my noble friends Lord Benyon and…12 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend the Minister for his response. Never have I seen so many noble Lords and noble Baronesses arraign so uniformly against an amendment, so…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, this amendment seeks to ensure that research and development partnerships, such as those that are widely formed between companies and universities to create intellectual…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I would never put my noble friend the Minister in the same paragraph as “Yes Minister”. She is a far classier act than that and a wonderful and effective force in your…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, I am delighted that it will be my noble friend Lady Bloomfield answering for the Government on this occasion. Almost every amendment that I have put forward has had a…09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill09 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillMy Lords, Amendment 15 and other subsequent amendments seek to bring in an exemption from the mandatory filing requirement for acquisitions and investments by entities that are…09 Mar 2021HANSARDSpace IndustryIt is a great honour to follow my noble friend Lord Johnson, to welcome him to the House and to praise him for an excellent maiden speech, which I know will be the first of many…04 Mar 2021HANSARDUnited Kingdom Resettlement SchemeMy Lords, I mention in passing how much work is being done by Arts Council-funded organisations to support and help refugees. I have a specific question for the Minister: how many…03 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillSecond time lucky. I am not aware that an amendment like this was tabled in the other place when the Bill was being considered. However, Amendment 5 and the subsequent amendments…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillAlthough I mentioned it at Second Reading, I refer noble Lords to my entry in the register of interests. Also, as noble Lords have done throughout Committee, I thank all the trade…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment BillYes, I am definitely here. I am sorry that I did not realise that I had to unmute myself, but I will not detain the Committee with my farcical debut in tabling amendments to a…02 Mar 2021HANSARDNational Security and Investment Bill02 Mar 2021HANSARDUber: Supreme Court RulingI refer to my entries in the register of Members’ interests. I proudly declare myself a user of Uber’s services, as well as those of home-grown, UK global companies such as…01 Mar 2021